Cannot 'see' VBA code in Word97

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Ed - 24 Jan 2006 18:27 GMT

I wrote a macro (a pretty big one) in Word2003 that I now want to use on my
Word97 computer. I know that some codes won't work in 97, and indeed the
program indicates errors in certain of my modules. When I try to view (to
edit) the modules, I can see all of the user forms and modules in the list
at the left but cannot open anything in Word97. It is not passworded or
otherwise protected. Is it not possible to open a macro in Word97 any more?
Any help will be greatly appreciated.

Ed

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Cindy M -WordMVP- - 25 Jan 2006 15:37 GMT

Hi Ed,

> I wrote a macro (a pretty big one) in Word2003 that I now want to use on my
> Word97 computer. I know that some codes won't work in 97, and indeed the
> program indicates errors in certain of my modules. When I try to view (to
> edit) the modules, I can see all of the user forms and modules in the list
> at the left but cannot open anything in Word97. It is not passworded or
> otherwise protected. Is it not possible to open a macro in Word97 any more?

It may be that the file structure is just different enough (perhaps damaged)
that Word 97 can't open the project. How about using File/Export in Word 2003
VBA Editor to export all the modules and forms to *.bas, *.frm, etc. files.
Then File/Import in Word 97 to bring htem into a new, Word97 file?

Cindy Meister
INTER-Solutions, Switzerland
http://homepage.swissonline.ch/cindymeister (last update Jun 8 2004)
http://www.word.mvps.org

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